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Next Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the anti-immigrant Arizona law SB 1070. This law promotes discrimination based on the way people look and speak and that is un-American. The Arizona law, and a number of other copycat laws in states like Alabama and Georgia, encourages discrimination against all of people of [...]

Filner represents the best of education as mayoral candidate Of all the Mayoral Candidates, Bob Filner is best connected to the interests of the rank and file. Speaking with conviction, Mr. Filner supports a collaborative approach in regard to City Hall and our local school district. His common sense ideas including the use of city [...]

Women’s basic health care under attack Last week a photo from the Congressional hearing on birth control coverage struck a nerve with women across the country, including myself. Five men testified on birth control while women were shut out of the conversation led by San Diego Congressmember Daryl Issa. To add insult to injury, Republican [...]

Encanto supports a two year foreclosure moratorium The foreclosure crisis has and continues to reap its devastating effects on working class neighborhoods and private single family home ownership in San Diego, California, and all across our nation. Foreclosures on single family homes has already removed some 3.2 trillion dollars of value from the hands of [...]

TOT not fair to hotel owners Three years ago, the motel & hotel owners in Chula Vista voted to approve an amendment to the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) of 2 1/2% (on top of the existing 10%) that persons staying in our motels/hotels would have to pay. It’s purpose was to “put more heads in [...]

DA’s office needs to get their priorities in orders I am sure that Bonnie Dumanis and the D.A.’s office have their priorities. Remember Diana Gonzalez, the young Latina who was beaten and raped by her estranged husband? Because the D.A.’s office failed to file CRIMINAL charges against this monster, he eventually killed Diana when she [...]

Open letter to the Latino community. Members of the San Diego Union Tribune Editor’s Latino Advisory Council     It is with deep regret that I take this time to inform you that I, effective immediately, chose not to be a member of the Council due to the recent changes in ownership of the newspaper. While [...]

CVESD highlights their charter school program    As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday break, I want to extend my personal gratitude for your unwavering support of your children in our schools. Your dedication and commitment are major reasons for the outstanding academic success that we have enjoyed across our system. As you may know, 93 [...]

Open Letter From Presente.org Regarding The Ongoing Controversy Surrounding Cecilia Muñoz    A few weeks ago, and after much deliberation, Presente.org made a very vocal and public demand to President Obama’s top immigration aide, Cecilia Muñoz: Stop being the voice of misinformation about policies that devastate our communities. Our decision to publicly demand that Muñoz [...]

HR 3012 is a great first step in immigration reform    I am writing to you today as a member of Immigration Voice (http://www.Immig rationVoice.org). Founded in December 2005, Immigration Voice is a rapidly growing, national grassroots non-profit organization of over 70,000 legal, highly-skilled immigrants. Immigration Voice members are committed to sensible improvements to the [...]

Hunter, Bilbray, and Issa urged to cut defense spending    The debate in Washington affects all of us here in San Diego. We are dealing with cut backs in funding for teachers, police and fire safety.    One big way that Congressmen Hunter, Bilbray and Issa and Congress can address the escalating deficit and debt [...]

Congress Needs to protect the low-income    Your coverage of the rise in poverty tells us that the recession isn’t over for more than 46 million poor Americans, the largest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been collecting poverty statistics.    We absolutely need a job creation package to help the jobless [...]

Physician supports Atkins’ AB 499    There has been a great deal of discussion on the editorial page about Assembly member Toni Atkins’ AB 499, a commonsense measure which would allow minors to consent to receive STD prevention medical care. As a physician who provides reproductive health care, I wholeheartedly support this commonsense measure.  It [...]

Redevelopment in San Diego?    Over the past week I have attended no less than two ‘Sliver along the Trolley’ community plan working group meeting. The first the Commercial & Imperial Corridor Master Plan – Working Group Meeting #3 and the Euclid + Market Land Use and Mobility Working Group #2 Meeting.    I can [...]

Who is going to tell our story?    Do you remember the movie Stand and Deliver? In this movie based on a true story, Jaime Escalante challenges his students to a higher level of achievement. He teaches them to reject society’s expectations of failure. And when they actually achieve a miracle through hard work, the [...]

I urge our representatives to protect the low-income    When did protecting the wealthy become our overriding civic virtue? Are tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires really more important than the health and development of our children?     The truth is anti-poverty programs work. For example, a new study shows that people enrolled in Medicaid [...]

Hispanic voice left out of Master Planning    What the City says about Community Inclusion in Redevelopment – is that what the community wants, or what they want to give us? It seems that the claimed Community Inclusion is not so. Last night, I attended the working group meeting for Market-Euclid Village Master Plan. The [...]